Vehicle-hub.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

D. L. TSGHANTZ.

VEHICLE HUB.

DAVID L. TSOHANTZ, CANTON, OHIO.

VEHIC LE -HUB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application filed September 24. 1907. Serial No. 394.320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID L. TSOHANTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Hubs; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby thespokes of a vehicle wheel are bound or locked in the hub proper, thebinding or locking device being in addition to the usual mortise intowhich the tenons or inner ends of the spokes are inserted. This objectis carried out as hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings,making a part of the specification and the numerals and figures ofreference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view of the hub showingparts broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing parts of thehub proper and some of the spokes removed. Fig. 3 is a transversesection on line 22 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of thespoke retaining band and its tangs. Fig. 5 is a detached view of aportion of one of the spokes.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the hub body, which is of theusual construction and is provided with the mortises 2 but the hub bodywithin itself forms no particular part of the present invention, exceptthat a hub body must necessarily be employed to construct a hub in whichmy improvement is embodied. The metal band 3 is formed of a length equalto or somewhat greater than one-half of the hub body 1, which band isprovided with the spoke mortises or openings 4.

In assembling the parts. just above described, the hub body 1 is placedin the metal band 3 as best illustrated in Fig. 2 and the parts sopositioned with reference to each other that the mortises 2 and 4 willregister. After the metal band andthe hub body 1 have been placed inproper relative position, the spokes 5 are placed in proper position orin other words the tenons 6 are forced into the mortises 2 and 4 as bestillustrated in Fig. 3. After all of the spokes have been properlyconnected the ring 7 with the integral spoke retaining tangs 8 is forcedinto the metal band 3, the tangs 8 coming directly under the band 3 asbest illustrated in Fig. 3,.

said tangs being located beyond the tenons 6 or in other words betweenthe bodies of the spokes 5 and near their inner ends. The tangs 8 areformed substantially V-shaped and are so formed for the purpose ofcausing the side face of the tangs to abut against'the side face of thespokes.

For the purpose of causing the tangs 8 to properly bind and lock thespokes, said tangs are spaced from each other a distance somewhat lessthan the width of the spokes. It will be understood that by forming thespokes of greater width or of greater thickness than the distancebetween the faces of two adjacent tangs said tangs will be embedded orsunk into the adjacent or contact portions of the spokes as illustratedin Fig. 3. In order to provide for the proper entering of the tangs 8between the various spokes 5 the ends of said tangs are rounded ortapered so that in the entering of the tangs between the spokes, saidtangs are wedged in between the spokes. The ring 7 together with itsintegral tangs 8 is placed in position by pressure, which may be of anykind, but must be of sufiicient force to embed the tangs 8 into thespokes.

It will be understood that after the ring 7 and the tangs 8 have beenproperly connected all of the spokes will be securely held in the hubbody and metallic ring 3 regardless of any shrinking or looseness of thespokes as between the mortises 2 and 4 and the tenon 6, butnotwithstanding the fact that the tangs 8 clamp and lock the spokes, thespokes should be fitted to the hub proper with the usual care andaccuracy. It is well understood that the tenons of vehicle wheels areliable to become loose in their mortises by reason of the shrinking andswelling of the wood and-by a continuous jarring from use, but with myimproved device the jarring and the strain is partially removed from thetenons so, that should the tenons become loosened in their mortises thespokes will be firmly held in the hub proper.

It will be understood that the metal band 9 should be placed over thehub body 1 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and properly connected to themetal band 3 in the usual manmetal band 9 is seated. upon the end of thering 7.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vehicle hub, the combination of a hub body, metal bands locatedupon the hub body and connected together, one of said bands and the hubbody provided with mortises, spokes connected to the body and one of thebands, a ring provided with integral tangs and the tangs embedded in thebodies of the spokes and located against the inner periphery of the bandprovided with the spoke -mortises, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In a vehicle hub, the combination of a hub body, bands located uponthe hub body, spokes connected to one of the bands and hub body, aringprovided with spaced tangs, and one of the bands seated upon the ringand the tangs, located against the spokes concentrically beyond the hubbody, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a vehicle hub, the combination of a hub body, bands located uponthe hub body, spokes connected to one of the bands and hub body, a ringprovided with spaced tangs, and one of the bands seated upon the ringsand the tangs located against the spokes concentrically beyond the hubbody, and the tangs seated in the spoke bodies, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

4. In a vehicle hub the combination of a hub body, bands located uponthe hub body and connected together, spokes connected to one of thebands and hub body, spaced tangs ointed at their spaced. ends, saidtangs ocated around the hub body and between the bodies of the spokesand said tangs abutting against the inner periphery of the band providedwith the spoke mortises, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a vehicle hub, the combinationof a hub body, bands connectedtogether and located upon the hub body, a ring provided with tangs,spokes connected to one of the bands and to the hub body and the tangslocated concentrically with one of the rings and between the spokes,said tangs embedded in the body of the spokes, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

6. In a vehicle hub provided with spoke mortises, metal bands connectedto said hub body, and one of the bands provided with spoke mortisesadapted to register with the mortises in the hub body, tenons located inthe mortises, a ring provided with tangs spaced from each other adistance less than the thickness of the spoke bodies, and said tangsembedded in the spoke bodies beyond. the tenons of said spokes,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a vehicle hub provided with spoke mortises, metal bands connectedto said hub body, and one of the bands provided with spoke inortisesadapted to register with the mortises in the hub body, tenons located in

